Boston College
Lipscomb University
BC Travels To Fort Myers For FGCU Tournament
February 16, 2023 | Softball
Coming off a 4-1 opening weekend, the Eagles will take on Lipscomb, Middle Tennessee, FAU and FGCU
Last weekend in Tampa, the Eagles took part in the USF Tournament to begin their 2023 season. They defeated Illinois State 4-0 where Sophomore pitcher Abby Dunning threw her first career no hitter.
BC also had two wins against USF, in the first, Senior Abigail Knight hit the game winning three run homer in the seventh inning to give the Eagles a 4-2 lead. In the final game of the weekend on Sunday in what was a rematch of Friday's matchup, it was another down to the wire game but this time all the way to extra innings where Knight was once again the hero, hitting the game clinching double in the ninth inning to bring in two more runs to win the game against the Bulls 5-4.Â
History Against This Weekend's Opponents
Lipscomb - Friday's game will be the very first between the two programs. Lipscomb has started their 2023 season 0-2 in two games against Florida State
Middle Tennessee - This will be the second time Middle Tennessee and BC have played. On the first occasion in 2010, the Blue Raiders won 6-4.
FAU - BC has faced the Owls six times since the inception of the Softball program in 1984, the series is tied at 3-3 with the most recent meeting coming in 2012 where FAU won 6-1.
FGCU - Boston College is 1-4 all time against Florida Gulf Coast, the most recent game between the two programs came in 2020 where FGCU won 4-3.
After returning from Fort Myers, Boston College will once again head back to Florida but this time to Boca Raton for the FAU Invitational.Â
